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Bettman in Congress
by Alanah McGinley on 02/27/08 at 12:37 PM ET
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From CBC Sports,
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman told a U.S. House subcommittee on Wednesday that hockey is not plagued by steroid use among its players.
Bettman joined his major-league counterparts — baseball commissioner Bud Selig, NBA commissioner David Stern and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell — in Washington where he testified that only one player has tested positive for steroid use in the 2½ years since the NHL resumed play after the 2004-05 lockout.
“As a historical matter, the many years that NHL players have been tested in international competition, as well as recent testing under our program, suggests that performance-enhancing drugs had never been part of the culture of the NHL...”
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“We would have used steroids,” said Bettman, “because it helped baseball to get more attention when it was waning. However, we were told that baseball players had standing orders in such quantity that they could not fill any hockey orders until 2011. They also offered the opinion that it wasn’t the skaters that fans were having a hard time seeing, but the puck, so it might be a better idea to inject the pucks with steroids in an attempt to make them more visible on television.”
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 02/27/08 at 04:43 PM ET
it might be a better idea to inject the pucks with steroids in an attempt to make them more visible on television.
Geez, and all this time, I thought it was bad ice that was causing the puck to hop all around like a jumping bean. 
Posted by dash_pinched on 02/27/08 at 04:49 PM ET
Geez, and all this time, I thought it was bad ice that was causing the puck to hop all around like a jumping bean.
Nope. Amphetemines!
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 02/27/08 at 05:06 PM ET
Hahaha! You guys make me laugh. And who knew such fun could be had on the topic of steroids in hockey?!? 
Posted by Alanah McGinley from British Columbia on 02/27/08 at 05:09 PM ET
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Bettman did admit, however, that hockey has the worst commissioner of any major sport.
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 02/27/08 at 03:06 PM ET